GPI anchor biosynthetic process (GO:0006506)

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor that attaches some membrane proteins to the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane The phosphatidylinositol group is linked via the C-6 hydroxyl residue of inositol to a carbohydrate chain which is itself linked to the protein via an ethanolamine phosphate group its amino group forming an amide linkage with the C-terminal carboxyl of the protein. Some GPI anchors have variants on this canonical linkage.

Specific

GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-alanyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0018270) GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-asparaginyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0018265) GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-aspartyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0018266) GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-cysteinyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0018267) GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-glycyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0018268) GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-seryl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0018269) GPI anchor biosynthetic process via N-threonyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine (GO:0050493)

General

glycolipid biosynthetic process (GO:0009247) phosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process (GO:0006661) GPI anchor metabolic process (GO:0006505) protein lipidation (GO:0006497)

References

gene ontology: GO:0006506